Jar holder



Oct. 25,1927. 1, 4 ,661

J. B. RICHARD JAR HOLDER Filed Oct. 27. 1926 Aiming" Patented Get. 25, 1927; p r

quiTED STA E JOSEPH B. RIGHARID,' OF IfI-IILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' JAR HOLDER.

Application filed oetober'a'z, 1926. Seria1'No. 144,488.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ar holders and has for 1ts primary object toprovide a holder that may 5 be employed in conjunction with jars of various sizes for use in .the removal of the jarlids, the'saine being of such a nature that when the handle member'thereof is held in one hand, and the other hand employed forreleasing the lid, the jar gripping member will be automatically tightly bound upon the jar sons to positively prevent of the same. v j v A further and important object is to provide a jar holder of this character wherein thefree end of the jar gripping member may be adjustably and tightly secured. to the han- I dle member so as to preventslippage of said.

end with respectto the handle member when the device is in. use.

Other objects will become apparentas the *nature of the invention is better understood,

throughout the several views:

' r the same comprising the novel form, combi-' nation, and arrangement of parts herein-.

after more fully described, shown in theaocompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like; reference characters indicate corresponding" parts Figure 1 is a view partly in top plan and partly in crossfsection of a jar holder con:

structed in accordance with the present in vention, the same being disclosed 'as actuallyinuse. vJ V Figure 2 is a side'elevatio'n thereof, and

Figure 3 is a somewhat enlarged perspective of a clamp lever .pi votally associated with the handle-member and adaptedfor the purpose of securing thejar grippingmember to said handle; H H

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my noveljar holder consists of a.

- handle jlever 5, the inner end of which is 1 of the slot being inclinedasat 7 Pivoted.

5 within theslot .6 at the vextreme end of the longitudinally slotted as at 6, the rear wall handle5 is a jar gripping member 8in the form of a'length'oflheavy fabric, leatheror the like, that, is adapted j tov be engaged around the jar'A, as indicated in Fi ures '1 and 2. Afterthe said grippingmemer has beenarranged around the'jar, the free end the slippage .Ijclai n as new "and thereof is passed through-the slot 6; of the handle lever '5 as indicated in Figure 1.

Pivotedwithin the slot directly forwardly of the rear wall thereof is a gripping lever 9, the innerend thereof being formed with "a. vertic'alrowfof spaced. biting teeth. 10, so formed with respect to the lever 9 thatwhen dle lever 5, the teethwill wedge the jar griphandle lever slot 5 sons to prevent further.

the same is swung inwardly toward thehan-v so, ping member against the back wall'of the movement of the jar gripping member with-, I

insaidslotg 7 Obviously, af terthe holder .hasfbeen asso-' ciated withthe jar as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, thehandle, lever 5 is grasped'by one "hand,:while the other hand is engaged upon the jar lid B. A turning of the lid in a right hand direction when the holder is applied of the holder withlres pectto thejar, the

same will efiectively; prevent slippage of the jar while removing the lid therefrom.

- Even though I-have herein shown. and debe made therein without and scope ofthe appended claim.

, 7 1 as, indicated in the drawing willpermit the v v tight- 'association of the lid with the jar However, upon the reversal of the'position scribed the T invention as consisting of cer- I tain' detail structural elements it is never the-,

less to be understoodthat some changesm'ay 3 Y effecting the spirit Havingthusdescribed the invention,what

In a jar holder" of. the class described, a

hand leverslott'ed at itsinner' end, the rear is v I I wall of the slot .beinginclined,.a'jar encircling strap secured at one end to the-slotted end of the hand lever, thefree end of them str ap adapted to pass'through. thefslot, a

inwardly toward the, hand lever.- 2. I In testimonywhereofl aflix my signature. JOSEPH B. RICHARD.

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